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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989)
Parrot Tulips, 1988
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
signed, dated and numbered '3/3' in ink (margin); signed and dated in ink in photographer's copyright credit stamp, titled, dated and numbered '3/3' in ink (flush mount, verso)
image: 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm.)
‌sheet/flush mount: 19 3/4 x 16 in.. (50.1 x 40.6 cm.)
This work is number three from an edition of three.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1980s.
Literature
Robert Mapplethorpe, Flowers, Bulfinch Press, New York, 1986, p. 26 (variant).
Robert Mapplethorpe, Pistils, Random House, New York, 1996, p.99.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Mapplethorpe: The Complete Flowers, teNeues Publishing Group, New York, 2006, pl. 176, (variant).
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